What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Ghana and Zimbabwe?

0.0016 hectares per person, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Zimbabwe?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Zimbabwe: Cropland per person over the long-term

Ghana

0.2298 hectares per person

in 2025

Zimbabwe

0.2282 hectares per person

in 2025

Ghana rank

63rd

Zimbabwe rank

65th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Ghana
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 0.2298 hectares per person against 0.2282 hectares per person in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0016 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 63rd and Zimbabwe ranks 65th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 37 and Zimbabwe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4964 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2392 hectares per person	Ghana
1100s	0.4964 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2391 hectares per person	Ghana
1200s	0.4963 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2391 hectares per person	Ghana
1300s	0.4963 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2391 hectares per person	Ghana
1400s	0.4963 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.239 hectares per person	Ghana
1500s	0.4962 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.239 hectares per person	Ghana
1600s	0.4962 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.239 hectares per person	Ghana
1700s	0.4962 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1710s	0.4962 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1720s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1730s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1740s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1750s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1760s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1770s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1780s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1790s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1800s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1810s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1820s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1830s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1840s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1850s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1860s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1870s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1880s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1890s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1900s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1910s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1920s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1930s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1940s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1950s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	Ghana
1960s	0.4384 hectares per person	0.2608 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	Ghana
1970s	0.3506 hectares per person	0.2874 hectares per person	0.0632 hectares per person	Ghana
1980s	0.3089 hectares per person	0.2941 hectares per person	0.0148 hectares per person	Ghana
1990s	0.287 hectares per person	0.2847 hectares per person	0.0024 hectares per person	Ghana
2000s	0.2815 hectares per person	0.304 hectares per person	0.0225 hectares per person	Zimbabwe
2010s	0.2564 hectares per person	0.2828 hectares per person	0.0263 hectares per person	Zimbabwe
2020s	0.2369 hectares per person	0.238 hectares per person	0.0011 hectares per person	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Ghana or Zimbabwe?: Ghana, at 0.2298 hectares per person against 0.2282 hectares per person in Zimbabwe as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Ghana and Zimbabwe?: 0.0016 hectares per person, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Zimbabwe?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Ghana and Zimbabwe rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Ghana ranks 63rd and Zimbabwe ranks 65th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cropland per person over the long-term
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.